Relation between bladder filling and anal sphincter reflexes

Autor: Thor Petersen, Henrik D. Schrøder
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Neurourology and Urodynamics. 7:113-117
ISSN: 1520-6777
0733-2467
DOI: 10.1002/nau.1930070204
Popis: The effect of bladder filling on the threshold of the perianally elicited anal reflex and the anal reflex elicited by peripheral stimulation of the lower limbs has been studied in seven patients with hyperactive bladder and detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia and in seven normal controls. No changes were found in the perinally elicited reflex, while the minimal peripheral stimulus necessary for eliciting a reflex changed in both groups but in opposite directions. These observations show that the different anal reflexes use different spinal pathways and that the central control of the interaction between detrusor and sphincters is exerted on the pathway used by the peripheral reflex. These findings, moreover, call for a thorough standardization of the conditions of investigation.
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